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08-03-2007, 20:06
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Little Blackpool
Anyone remember this area of fields & woodland in Baxenden before the bulldozers razed it to the ground to build new houses.It had a small stream running thruogh it & small water fall plus the added bonus of having the easiest tree for any 10 year old in Bash to climb,which was called the 'monkey tree'.Nearby was Whittakers farmhouse,where the infamous Donald Nielson hid out after his raid on Baxendens sub post office.
The stream,i think ran down to Broad Oak.Idon't know how it got its name 'little blackpool',maybe someone can enlighten me.
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08-03-2007, 20:33
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Re: Little Blackpool
The stream still runs and there is a path to walk down. You can get to it off southwood drive.
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08-03-2007, 20:35
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Re: Little Blackpool
There was an area in Oswaldtwistle called Little Blackpool too, at the top of Rhoden Road going up towards the moors.
I think you should call your Bash one Little Morecambe because it doesn't sound as glitzy as ours.
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08-03-2007, 21:05
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Re: Little Blackpool
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There was an area in Oswaldtwistle called Little Blackpool too, at the top of Rhoden Road going up towards the moors.
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i have lived in ossy all me life and i never knew that!!
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08-03-2007, 23:47
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Re: Little Blackpool
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i have lived in ossy all me life and i never knew that!!
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That's what it was called back in the early seventies. The older teenage girl, who used to look after us in the summer holidays, used to take us up there so she could meet her boyfriend. The brook had been dammed to create a big pool for swimming, there was an icecream van, and on a sunny day there were hundreds of people, all this and Glam Rock blaring away on people's transistor radios in the background.
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08-03-2007, 23:54
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Re: Little Blackpool
i was born in the early seventies, thats probably why I dont remember it!
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08-03-2007, 23:56
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Re: Little Blackpool
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i was born in the early seventies, thats probably why I dont remember it!
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Oi! I was in a pram myself...it's just that I've got a very good memory!
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08-03-2007, 23:57
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Re: Little Blackpool
...mind you, nine was a bit too old to have been in a pram really.
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09-03-2007, 14:01
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Re: Little Blackpool
I know where you mean Rindy, my Great Grandma lives in the bungalows at the bottom of Trinity St. So we used to play there all the time. Never heard it called Little Blackpool though. My brother was chasing me once and I jumped the brook but he didnt realise it was there, needless to say my parents weren't impressed!!!
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31-05-2009, 13:17
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Re: Little Blackpool
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There was an area in Oswaldtwistle called Little Blackpool too, at the top of Rhoden Road going up towards the moors.
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Is this the place?
Certainly not as nice now as it used to be, they've even fenced the river off now
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31-05-2009, 14:19
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Re: Little Blackpool
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Originally Posted by maxwell silver
Anyone remember this area of fields & woodland in Baxenden before the bulldozers razed it to the ground to build new houses.It had a small stream running thruogh it & small water fall plus the added bonus of having the easiest tree for any 10 year old in Bash to climb,which was called the 'monkey tree'.Nearby was Whittakers farmhouse,where the infamous Donald Nielson hid out after his raid on Baxendens sub post office.
The stream,i think ran down to Broad Oak.Idon't know how it got its name 'little blackpool',maybe someone can enlighten me.
Next week,a short talk on the 5 arches & the shuff.
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To get to little Blackpool, you went up through Broad Oak Print works and carried straight on for about 300 yards past the last Dye house, then left and down to the stream where there was a fairly large flat grassy area, from there you could head south, up the hill to Donaldson's farm, and buy ice cream. Donaldson's was next to Gallows Hall. That was in the late 1930's.
All that has gone Dick Guy blocked it all off with an earth bank.
Retlaw.
Last edited by Retlaw; 31-05-2009 at 14:22.
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31-05-2009, 14:39
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Re: Little Blackpool
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Is there a photograph you've posted, because I can't see it.
We walked past there on Good Friday, and the brook wasn't fenced off then.
Though we were mauled by an over friendly horse, so perhaps fencing might be a good thing.
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31-05-2009, 14:40
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Re: Little Blackpool
Yeah, 4 of them
Anyone else see em?
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31-05-2009, 14:42
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Re: Little Blackpool
Last edited by K.S.H; 31-05-2009 at 14:45.
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31-05-2009, 14:46
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Re: Little Blackpool
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Yeah, 4 of them
Anyone else see em?
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